Marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana.
President Bush talks to patrons at Betsy's Pancake House before having breakfast with New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin. Betsy’s, a popular New Orleans hang-out, rebuilt, repaired and reopened in March.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, center-front row, join hundreds of guests and parishioners Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, during a service at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral commemorating the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
A young girl receives a blessing during a memorial Mass attended by President George W. Bush and Laura Bush at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. (Note that the girl, along with President and Mrs. Bush, are receiving the blessing correctly, with their arms crossed.) 
President George W. Bush stands with Polly Noble as they listen Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, to J.D. Hill [in Hill’s new home] on his harmonica and guitarist Charlie Moore during a visit to Musicians' Village in New Orleans' 9th Ward. The President and Laura Bush hosted a lunch with volunteers from Habitat for Humanity in appreciation of their work on the site for displaced New Orleans musicians 
President and Laura Bush, and Fats Domino talk to the press after the President presented him the National Medal of Arts Tuesday at the musician's home in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. The medal was a replacement medal for the one -- originally awarded by President Bill Clinton -- that was lost in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina (caption courtesy of GretchenM) 
President and Mrs. Bush (laughing with Reggie Bush) meet the New Orleans Saints for a team photo. 